Garment carrying container for use with closed vehicles



K. SALAVSKY Jan. 24, 1933.

GARMENT CARRYING CONTAINER FOR USE WITH cLosEb VEHICLES Filed June 24, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l KEVAJAM MJKK By 6 i22 fillomey GARMENT CARRYING CONTAINER FOR USE WITH CLOSED VEHICLES Filed June 24, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 a Inventor sypg wd Q Patented Jan. 24, 1933 KEVA SALA'VSKY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK GABHEN '1 CARRYING CONTAINER FOR USE WITH CLOSED VEHICLES Application filed June 24,

- The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in containers for garments, and more particularl it pertains to a container for garments WlllCh is especially adapted for use in connection with closed vehicles such as automobiles and the like.

It is one of the objects of the present invention to provide a-garment carrying container which will enclose a plurality of garments and carry them in such a manner as to prevent wrinkling and mussing thereof.

A further object of the invention resldes in a novel construction whereby relatively small garments such as handkerchiefs, neckties, socks and similar garments may be carried in the container without interference on the part of the larger garments carriedthereby.

A still further object of the invention resides in novel means for attaching the garment carrier to the interior of the room of a closed vehicle in such a manner as will prevent the garments contained therein from becoming wrinkled or mussed.

Still a further object of the invention resides in a novel means for securing the garment container to the roof of the vehicle in a snug and close fitting fashion.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, wherein;

Figure 1 is a plan View of a garment bag constructed in accordance with the present invention,

Figure 2 (is a longitudinal'sectional view thereof, a

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view of an automobile body showing the bag in place therein the bag being shown in plan, I

Figure 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view of the roof of a motor vehicle showing the garment bag in place therein,

Figure 5 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the roof of a motor vehicle showing the bag in side elevation therein, and;

Figure 6 is a detail View partly in section and partly in elevation of a modified form of bag attaching and supportin means.

Referring specifically to the rawings, the

1931. Serial No. 546,648.

bag is designated A, and is ofelongated rectangular form and is formed of flexible material, preferably a waterproof cloth. Each end of the bag is preferably shaped as at 10 to provide an apex or the like 11 and at said point, there is an opening 12 the purpose of which Will be hereinafter described. There is an opening such as 13 extending along one side of the bag throughout substantially the entire length thereof, and this opening is provided with closure means 14: and 15 in the form of a runaway fastening which operates from a central point in opposite directions to the ends of the bag in order to open the closure 13 and in the .opposite direction to close said closure. A suitable lock such as 16 may be employed for securing the closure 13 in its closed position.

End members such as 18 are employed at each end of the bag, and are adapted to shape the ends thereof. These end members may be in the form of conventional garment hangers and are each provided with a hook 19 each of which projects through its respective opening 12. The hooks 19 are preferably formed from two pieces of wire and upon the interior of the bag, the two pieces are bent in opposite direction and looped as indicated at 20. Bent portions 21 may be provided in the looped portion 20 and these portions 21 are adapted to receive the hook 22 of garment hangers such as 23 which are removably attached to the looped portion 20. The looped portion 20 may also provide means for carrying neckties, underwear or the like which type of garments when carried by the loop 20, are merely draped thereover.

Upon the inside of the bag, there are pockets 25 and in the present embodiment of the invention, there are two of these pockets illustrated. The pockets may be closed by flaps .26 which bear suitable fastenings 27 to retain them in their closed position. These pockets may be employed for any purpose, and in the present illustration of the invention, insecticide elements such as 29 are shown in one of said pockets.

Means is provided for retaining the garments within the bag against displacement and consequent mussing thereof, and in the present embodiment of the invention, this means comprises two straps and 31, one of which carries a buckle 32 for the reception of the other strap. When garments are placed within the bag, the straps are disconnected and after the garments have been properly positioned the one strap is engaged with the buckle of the other strap and the strap pulled tight as illustrated in Figure 2 in order to prevent shifting of the garments within the. bag.

Means is provided to support the bag within the body of a closed vehicle and in the present illustration of the invention, the bag is adapted to be supported from the ceiling of the vehicle. This means as herein illustrated consists of eyes or the like 40 which are secured to the ceiling at the proper placesand with which one of the hooks 19 heretofore described is adapted to engage. Carried by the other eye 40, there is a turn buckle 41 and said turn buckle 41 is adapted to receive the other hook 19 of the end member carried by the bag A. WVhen the device is so positioned, the turn buckle 41 is operated to take up the slack necessary to position the bag in the eyes 40 and thus position the bag in contact with the inner face or ceiling of the vehicle roof as best illustrated in Figure 5 of the drawings.

Additional means is provided for supporting the bag in the last described position, and this means herein consists of transversely extending bars 45. The bars 45 have notches 46 formed in their ends and said notches are adapted to receive threaded studs or the like 47 carried by extension members 48 secured as at 49 to the ceiling of the roof. In the present embodiment of the invention, three of these transversely extending bars are employed but in some instances, it may be neces sary to employ more or even less than those shown and it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to any particular number of transversely extending supporting bars.

In Figure 6, there is illustrated a slightly modified form of transversely extending supporting bar. In this figure the ceiling is designated 50, and said ceiling carries two screw eyes 51. Pivotally mounted as at 52 in one of said screw eyes, there is a transversely extending member 53 having a hooked portion 54 which is adapted to be received in the other screw eye 51.

Thus it will be apparent that as the bagis positioned as heretofore described, the members 53 may have their hooked end 54 engage with the respective eye member 51 to support the bag in position in the roof of the car.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the present invention provides a garment container which may be readily attached and detached from a closed vehicle, which may be transported from the vehicle and used independently thereof as a container for garments and in which the garments will at all times be maintained against mussing or wrinkling.

While the invention has been herein disclosed in its preferred forms, it is to be under stood that it is not to be limited to the specific construction herein shown, and that it may be practiced in other forms without departing from the spirit thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and what it is desired to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, 1s:

A garment container of the class described comprising an elongated bag having an elongated slit at one face thereof and at the center thereof, means for closing said slit, a memher in each end of the bag of garment hanger shapeQfor shaping said ends of the bag, a member formed of wire in each end of the bag, each member forming a closed loop, the outer end of which contacts the inner edge of the end shaping member with a part of the wire passing through said member and through the end of the bag with the project ing part thereof bent into hook shape, the bight part of each loop forming member forming means for supporting a garment, and the outer end of each loop forming memher having U-shaped portions formed therein extending inwardly to receive hooks of garment hangers and a pair of straps having their outer ends connected to inner portions of the bag adjacent the edges thereof, with a buckle on one strap adapted to receive the free end of the other strap.

In testimony whereof I aflix'my signature.

KEVA S ALAVSKY. 

